In May, Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane made greater water security for all South Africans a priority, with the department setting a R15.1 billion budget for the 2017/18 financial year. In light of this, and given the country’s...
The M1 Grayston Bridge inquiry will resume on 26 September after it was postponed in August last year. The inquiry seeks to establish the cause of the collapse of the M1 pedestrian and cyclist bridge on 14 October 2015, which resulted in the death...
The engineering sector narrowly escaped a strike by National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) workers after the union agreed to sign the wage proposal offered by SEIFSA, a federation of employer associations. Numsa, which represents...
The City of Cape Town’s Council has adopted the City’s Integrated Public Transport Network (IPTN) Business Plan. The IPTN Business Plan outlines how the City can transform Cape Town’s public transport system, while at the same time ensuring the...
By Nobuzwe Mangcu, Managing Executive – SATMC Manufacturing has inevitably become a highly competitive arena where manufacturers have emphasised their competitiveness on the pillars of safety standard requirements and innovation. This emphasises...
The Southern Africa Hinterland Territories – Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia – are vital for the continent’s growth. And rail infrastructure development is an important building block to improving trade across this region. This is according to Emmanuel...
A new, innovative business, 58Fleet, has joined the South African fleet industry. The company was born out of a recent partnership between Motus Corporation, a member of the Imperial group, and Southern Palace Group. The name 58Fleet is derived...
World leaders, water experts, development professionals, and policy-makers have gathered in Stockholm this week to find ways to better use, and reuse, the world’s increasingly scarce fresh water. World Water Week is the world’s biggest global...
Earlier this month the City of Cape Town unveiled its Water Resilience Plan to augment the system by up to 500 million litres of water a day over the coming months using groundwater extraction, desalination, and water reuse. The Water Resilience...
